The Bossier banner., 1887-08-04
MISCELLANEOUS.
AN economist has sagely obse

An cCOuOf0lSG HAS SAScIy OU0cfVou
that, no matter how large its popula-
ton may become, there will always be
enough earth to 60 round.
"A horse galloped through the streets
oil Hopkinsville, Ky., during . recent
storm, when bolt of lightning struck
his heels, tearing off both shoes, which
went flying through the air like blazing
Goals.
MA, why does God make it raina"
$50 that the corn will grow, my little
girl" 'But why does He make it rain
on the streets where there is no corne"
Painful and protracted silence. .-Tsras
Siftings.
"A French instrument for recording
the rolling of vessel at sea was lately
tried on the voyage of steamship
from Bordeaux to Brazil, and made
tolerahly accurate register of the mo-
tion.-ArkansaU Traveller.
"A company at Mobile are COM
pelled to run their large establishment
night and day making slaves. barrels
and boxes for shipment North. The
time was when this industry was
practically confined to the North.
A hinged lamp-post has lately been
devised. 1t has the advantage that no
ladder is required TO enable it to be
cleaned and repaired, and it can also
be lighted by bending it over, the lamp
lighter carrying key for the purpose.
Elderly Spinster Gin drug store)-
Il declare to goodness I've forgot what
come in fer! An it was on my
tongues end jest minnit ago." Clerk
Crying to help her out) -"Er-face
powder. ma am, or hair dye, or-or-"
exit Elderly Spinster.) - Harper's
Bazay.
A Common Trouble.--Little Boy
Mamma, what did sister die of.''
Mamma-"Brai trouble, deaF, brought
on by overwork at school before she
graduated. Little Boy-'I suppose
;hen, that is what they meant when
they spoke of her as being 'finishedR'"
-Drake's Traueler's Magazine.
"A Virginia paper relates that a
white handkerchief folded in four
layers was placed over the face of
woman who died lately in Louisa
County, and when it was removed there
were four distinct pictures of her on
it the size of quarter of dollar.
Spirits of camphor had been put on the
woman's face just before her death.
1t was Chico, Cal, boy, aged ten
years, who "held up" his stepfather
with six-shooter when the latter
attempted to give him his regular allow
ance of blacksnake whip. The boy
remained on the front porch until the
stepfather brought an officer, and read
lily gave up the revolver to the latter
and accompanied him to the station.
A Chicago man entering a drug
store in that city recently asked to have
small scalp-wound dressed. He stated
that he was crossing railroad bridge
when he was overtaken by train. He
laid down on the ties and the train
passed over Fim doing him no harm
with the exception Of the wound on
his head.
lin small town out West an ex.
county Judge is cashier of the bank.
1.-The check is all right, sir" he said to
stranger, "but the evidence you offer
in identifying yourself as the person to
whose order it is drawn is scarcely suf-
icient." 1--WE known you to hang a
man on less evidence, judge" was the
strangers response. "Quite likely"
replied the ex-judge, "but when it comes
to letting go of cold cash, we have to
be careful"
Two lads who worked neat swind-
ling act were tripped up in Chicago
the other day. They dealt in stolen
dogs, and while one was out finding
CANNES that were not lost" the other
would be restoring the booty of the pre-
vious day to the owners, and receive
the reward offered through the news
papers. When captured. the young
sters had eighty odd dogs on hand.
"A German naturalist has devoted
great deal of study to the violet, and
has given us very pretty biography
of her. The violet droops her head, he
tells us, to protect the honey from the
rain; she surrounds it with hairs to
keep out the inquisitive little ants, who
would run away with it, and, having
no wings or hairs upon their tiny bodies,
would not help to convey the pollen to
other blossoms.
"A Pittsburgh merchant, as an ad-
vertisement, offered prize of $50 to the
first person solving the following prob
lem: Take these figures, l. 2, 8, A, 5,
6, Z, 8, 9, 0, add them together and
make 100 without using any figure
twice. There were great many an
swers, but the only correct one received
was sent in by young lady, and was
as follows: 5912
4osSs
100
The Pittsburgh Stochman calls at.
tention to churning by stating that if